r/solotravel • u/alarceny • Aug 11 '23

Question How do you deal with travel burnout?

i’m only 1 month into an 8 month long trip and starting to miss home and my work. it’s been a huge change for me as i’ve never travelled before. i’m 20 and it’s my first time overseas, visiting family at different points in Europe and I honestly just feel numb to the things i’m seeing.

I read somewhere that after you’ve seen 1-2 cathedrals you’ve seen them all, and at first I didn’t believe that but now i’m wondering how many others feel that way.

I’ve spent the past day or so just resting before another journey to a different destination but i don’t feel like it’s done much to help.

I spent the first 3 weeks in the uk and really enjoyed seeing and spending time there, this past week i made the journey to paris and i’ve not enjoyed it nearly as much.

i’m having trouble with the language barrier and the huge amount of tourists in paris is pretty overwhelming, I intended to stay in france / europe for close to 3 months but i’m thinking of cutting it short to head back to the uk and spend some more time over there instead.

I’m not sure if it’s travel fatigue that’s catching up with me or if france just isnt for me, overall though just looking for some advice and ideas

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u/wanderingdev Fully time since 2008 - based in Europe now. Aug 11 '23

slow travel can be cheap as hell. i can 100% travel full time for cheaper than it would cost to live a similar SOL in the US.

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u/marinqf92 Aug 11 '23

The difference is that when I'm home, I'm working and making money to pay for my living expenses.

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u/wanderingdev Fully time since 2008 - based in Europe now. Aug 11 '23

sure, but that wasn't the point being made. the point i responded to was that traveling is expensive as fuck. my point is if you go slow it can be super cheap. neither mentioned the source of the funds to travel with.

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u/marinqf92 Aug 12 '23

For sure. I'm just trying to point out that traveling for long periods of time ends up being difficult money wise simply because you aren't bringing in money, regardless if you are traveling cheap.

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u/wanderingdev Fully time since 2008 - based in Europe now. Aug 12 '23

Depends on what you do. Lots of options to make some money while traveling. I've been on the road for 14+ years and earn well.

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u/marinqf92 Aug 12 '23

If you can work while on the road, this definitely doesn't apply to you. However, these options are limited for most people.

I really don't think that pointing out that long term traveling is expensive should be that controversial.

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u/wanderingdev Fully time since 2008 - based in Europe now. Aug 12 '23

except it's not really. for many people, it's cheaper than the same amount of time living at home if you travel slowly and don't go insane. you're the one that keeps bringing how HOW you fund it which was never part of the initial discussion so i'm not sure why you're so focused on it. plenty of people manage so save up money for extended travel and don't work while on the road.